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Easygoing DJ Hid a Dark Double Life
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Mar 30, 2025 7:29 AM CDT

Easygoing DJ Hid a Dark Double Life

Matthew Allison of Boise, accused of being online terror leader, insists he's merely a video 'artist'

(Newser) - He was, by all accounts, a friendly and easygoing guy in Boise, Idaho. "A little goofy" is how one acquaintance describes Matthew Allison to ProPublica . The 37-year-old worked at a convenience store and tried to pick up gigs as a weekend DJ at parties. But an arrest last year...

UK Teen in Stabbing Attack Now Faces a Terror Charge

Axel Rudakubana, accused of killing 3 girls at a dance class, allegedly had a jihadi manual

(Newser) - The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England also has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and now faces a terror offense for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is charged...

Philly DA: Teen Bomb-Maker Was 'Grave Danger to Everyone'

17-year-old nabbed in Philadelphia was allegedly testing devices, communicating with terrorists

(Newser) - A 17-year-old "aspiring terrorist" is facing multiple state felony charges in Pennsylvania after he was found to be communicating with a foreign terrorist group while building a weapon of mass destruction, officials said Monday. At a press conference, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said the unnamed teen "was...

Navalny's Situation Gets More Grim
Navalny's Situation
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Navalny's Situation Gets More Grim

Russian opposition leader facing decades more in prison on new charges

(Newser) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing up to 65 additional years in prison on new, unsubstantiated charges of extremism and orchestrating "terrorist attacks," according to his team. Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critics, is currently serving a nine-year sentence following a 2022 conviction for...

Cops: Chicago Men Conspired to 'Drench Syria With Blood'

ISIS sympathizers charged with terrorism, police say

(Newser) - Two suburban Chicago men who posed for photos holding a black Islamic State flag at a Lake Michigan beach park were arrested Wednesday on federal terrorist charges, reports the AP . An FBI sting begun in 2015 compiled evidence that Joseph D. Jones and Edward Schimenti sought to provide material support...

Egyptian Cleric Arrives, Makes No Plea in Court

Abu Hamza al-Masri, four others taken to federal courts

(Newser) - A partially blind extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects appeared in federal courts today, hours after they lost years-long extradition fights in Britain and were transported to the US under tight security to face trial. The preacher, Abu Hamza al-Masri, entered no plea to charges of conspiring with...

UK to Extradite Radical Muslim, 4 Others to US

Abu Hamza al-Masri loses appeal in British court

(Newser) - A European court ruled today that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaeda training camp in rural Oregon. The decision ends a long-running legal battle and means that al-Masri, considered one of...

Chicago Cops: Protesters Planned to Hit Obama HQ

Mayor's house also alleged target; trio says police set them up

(Newser) - Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home, police stations, and other targets. The trio was arrested Wednesday in a nighttime raid in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side. They're...

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